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Asa Stratton

A.E. Stratton
Full Name: Asa Evans Stratton, Jr.
Birth date: January 13, 1844
Death date: April 26, 1921

Terms of Service

  • Senate, 18th (1) (2) (3) (4) Legislature
    1/9/1883 - 5/14/1884
    Unaffiliated
(1) Stratton resigned 5/14/1884. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Independent. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(3) 18th Legislature, Regular Session - All Senators except District 3 and 21 are listed in Roll Call as taking the oath of office, 1/9/1883, p. 2; resolution by Sen. Gooch that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/10/1883, pp. 5-6; drew term of 4 years. Senate Journal . January 9, 1883
January 10, 1883
(4) Roster lists party as Ind. Biographical sketch states Stratton was elected "as an Independent over Hon. M.S. Munson, of Brazoria county. Democratic nominee, receiving 4047 votes against 3693 for Mr. Munson." Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources

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  • Confederate States Army, Sergeant, Company G, 35th Texas Calvary, enlisted at Camp Winston, 3/11/1862 as private in Company G, 13th Texas Infantry, promoted to Sergeant 3/24/1862, transferred to Company G, 35th Texas Calvary. Asa E. Stratton Jr. of Montgomery, Alabama, born circa 1844 in Alabama; death date 4/26/1921 in Montgomery, Alabama. Widow Mrs. Ina Smith Stratton of Prattville, Alabama, marriage date 9/22/1904 in Prattville, Alabama. Pension File No. 19022 (Asa E. Stratton), Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com .
  • Census of 1880 - Az Stratton Jr., Brazoria County, age 35, born circa 1845 in Mississippi, lawyer, wife Lou.
    Census of 1900 - Asa E. Stratton, Troy, Pike County, Alabama, age 56, born January 1844 in Mississippi, attorney at law.
    Census of 1910 - Asa E. Stratten, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, age 66, born circa 1844 in Mississippi, lawyer, wife Inez.
    Census of 1920 - Asa E. Stratton, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, age 74, born circa 1844 in Mississippi, wife Ina.
    A.E. Stratton, Jr. married Louisa Henrietta Waldman, 2/5/1867 in Matagorda County, Texas, Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977. FamilySearch . 1900 1880
    • 1910 1920 Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977
  • Asa Evans Stratton, birth date 1/13/1844, death date 4/26/1921, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama. Find a Grave .
  • Death notice, "Judge Asa E. Stratton," 4/28/1921, p. 14. "While in Texas, Judge Stratton served in the state senate and house of representatives." Death date 4/27/1921 in Montgomery, Alabama. Nashville Banner .
  • Biographical sketch, pp. 239-240. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
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